Combination of buffer and bed



Mar. 27, 1923.

(a. c. WATSON. COMBINATION OF BUFFER AND BED.

FILED OCT 9 1922 Patented Mar. 27, 1923. i

PATENT ()FFHCE.

GROVER C. WATSON, OF SABINAL, TEXAS.

COMBINATION OF BUFFER AND B ED.

I Application filed October 9, 1922. Serial 110 593364.

'1 '0 all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, (inovnn C. WATSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sabinal. in the county of Uvalde and State 5 of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination of Butters and Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to buffers and beds and more particularly to a combination but fer bed; and the object is to provide an improved buffer for motor vehicles which can be readily converted into a bed or couch and which will be economical because it can'be made at small cost and sold at small cost and which will answer all the purposes of any other buffer and which will be a convenience to travelers, hunting parties, laborers. and like purposes. One of the advantages of the invention is that it can be used both on the front and on the rear of 'the vehicles. Other objects and advantages will be,fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application.

Fig.1 is a plan view of the buffer and bed folded and an outline dotted, showing the position when unfolded to form a couch. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device detached from the vehicle frame andunfolded to form a couch or bed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view, taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1,

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

The improved device has a bufi'er bar 1 in form similar to buffers of ordinary type. This buffer 1 is pivotally connected to a side bar 2 near one end and pivotally connected to a side bar 3 near its other end. The device is attached to a vehicle frame by: a bar 4 which forms a part of the bed or couch frame. The buffer 1 also forms a part of the bed or couch frame. Hangers 5 are riveted to the bar 4 and detachably bolted to the frame members 6 of the vehicle. Side bars 7 are pivotally connected to each other and pivotally connected to the bar 4, Fig. 3 showing the manner of hinging the bars 3 and 7 to the bars 1 and 4: re

spect-ively} The pivot pins 8 project above the hinge connections and serve as pegs or holders for a sheet 9 of canvas or other strong material which. forms a part of the bed or couch.

The hangers 5 serve to support, one end of the bed and legs 10 are pivotally connected to the bar or buffer 1 to sup ort the outer end of the bed. The legs 10 a o serve to hold the buffer 1, bar 4, bars 7, and bar 2 in the folded osition, the bars or legs 10 having cut-outs 1n the sides adjacent to these bars, as shown in Fig. 3. The shoulder 11 will securely lock all the bars together when the bars are folded. The bars form a ood bufi'er and may be used on the front 0 the vehicle for a front buffer or attached to the rear part of the vehicle for a rear buffer. lVhen the bars are unfolded and supported by the legs 10, any suitable bedding may be used to form the bed or couch.

What I claim, is,

1. A combination buffer and bed comprising a bar stationarily attached to a vehicle frame, a buffer, foldable side bars pivotally connected to each other and to said stationary bar and to said buffer, and legs pivotally connected to said buffer.

2. A combination buffer and bed comprising a bar, means for attaching said bar rigidly to a vehicle frame, foldable side bars pivotally connected to each other and to said stationary bar, a buffer pivotally connected to said side bars, and legs pivotally connected to said buffer to support said buffer when said side bars are unfolded to form a bed.

3. A combination buffer and bed comprising a bar, hangers for making said bar rigid with a vehicle frame, foldable extension bars pivotally connected to said rigid bar and to each other, a buffer pivotally connected to said extension bars, legs pivotally connected to said bufi'er and adapted to support said buffer when extended to form a bed and foldable on said bars and bufier and provided with shoulders for locking said bars and buffer rigidly together when said .bars and buffer are folded to form a bufi'er for a vehicle.

4. A combination buffer and bed comprising a bar, hangers for attaching said bar rigidly to a vehicle frame, extension bars an p t p n or connecting s id ex ension bars to each other and to said rigid bar, a. buffer and pivot pins connecting said bufler to said extension bars, and legs pivotally connected to said bnfi'er to form supports 5 when said buffer is extended to form a bed and foldable on said bnfier and bars for locking said buffer andbars rigidly together In testimony whereofQI set my hand, this 30th day of September, 1922.

GROVER C. WATSON. 

